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Mamo TCV delivers seminar on Dispute Resolution Legal Updates

Mamo TCV delivers seminar on Dispute Resolution

Mamo TCV recently delivered a seminar and workshop on dispute resolution to law students at the University of Malta in collaboration with the Junior Chamber of Advocates. The seminar was led by senior associates Michael Camilleri, Jonathan Abela Fiorentino & Matthew Cutajar from the firm's litigation practice group. The seminar featured a discussion on the various forms of dispute settlement in Malta, which was then followed by a workshop where participating students were given the opportunity to obtain a hands-on experience and put theory into practice. Disclaimer This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you require further information…
MamoTCV Advocates
20th February 2020
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Employers, Beware of Being Too Lenient, Tribunal Warns! Employment and Industrial Relations

Employers, Beware of Being Too Lenient, Tribunal Warns!

Most employers are aware of the importance of given warnings (and therefore a second or third chance) to employees prior to dismissal. However, this may sometimes backfire if it goes on for too long.In an Industrial Tribunal case decided on the 19 February, 2020 (case number 3289/CC), the Tribunal considered that the employee in question had been warned several times about his behavior and mistakes, however, according to the Tribunal, the management had not shown a strong position that repetition of similar behavior could lead to termination of employment. The nearly indulgent behavior of the company over a period of…
Christine Calleja
20th February 2020
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ICLG The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2020 Public Procurement and State Aid

ICLG The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2020

As in previous years, Mamo TCV has been featured in the Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide to Public Procurement.The guide is primarily aimed at corporate counsel and international practitioners in the field of public procurement and it provides a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of public procurement laws and regulations.The Guide is a collective effort between leading public procurement lawyers and industry specialists andit is now in its ninth edition, This is not the first time that Mamo TCV has been chosen to contribute the chapter relating to Malta, confirming the firm's expertise in this important area of the…
Joseph Camilleri
18th February 2020
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The FIAU issues sector specific Implementing Procedures applicable to the VFA sector. Legal Updates

The FIAU issues sector specific Implementing Procedures applicable to the VFA sector.

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit has issued sector specific Implementing Procedures which apply to Virtual Financial Assets ("VFA") Agents, VFA Service Providers, anyone conducting VFA offerings to the public and anyone who has notified the Malta Financial Services Authority of their intention to submit a licence application in terms of the VFA Act. The Implementing Procedures set out the manner in which these subject persons within the VFA sector must comply with AML/CFT obligations arising from the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations ("PMLFTR").These sector specific Implementing Procedures are the result of the extended application, by means…
MamoTCV Advocates
7th February 2020
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Registrar of Legal Persons moving to MBR Legal Updates

Registrar of Legal Persons moving to MBR

The Identity Malta Agency and the Malta Business Registry have announced that as from the 3rd February, 2020:-(1) All new applications pertaining to registration of foundations and association as legal persons in terms of the Second Schedule of the Civil Code; and(2) The submission of information pertaining to the Register of Beneficial Owners in terms of the Civil Code (Second Schedule) (Register of Beneficial Owners - Associations) Regulations and Civil Code (Second Schedule) (Register of Beneficial Owners - Foundations) Regulations; Shall be delivered to the Malta Business Registry, AM Business Centre Triq il-Labour Zejtun, ZTN 2401, Malta.Mamo TCV AdvocatesMamo TCV…
MamoTCV Advocates
23rd January 2020
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Regulations under the Private Residential Leases Act Real Estate & Construction

Regulations under the Private Residential Leases Act

On the 31st December 2019, a set of regulations were introduced for the purpose of registering private residential leases with the Housing Authority and in order to regulate the procedures to be followed before the Adjudicating Panel for Private Residential Leases in the event of disputes relating to said private residential leases.Private residential leases can now be registered here:https://rentregistration.mt/. A. Registration of Private Residential Leases Contracts Regulations, 2019 • Overview and scopeThe Registration of Private Residential Leases Contracts Regulations, 2019 (Subsidiary Legislation 604.02) have been enacted by virtue of L.N. 355 of 2019, hereinafter referred to as "the Regulations". The…
Veronica Grixti
20th January 2020